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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1944

Page

7

Winchester Junior Music Club Met Saturday Afternoon

The Winchester Junior Music Club held a meeting on March 18 at Rainbowridge, home of Misses Betty Jane and Nancy May Hurst. After a business session, a program featured a paper by Anne Butler on The School of the Netherlands, piano selections by several members, quizzes, and St Patrick's Day refreshments. Betty June Hurst and Sara Lee Sencindiver won prizes.

Winchester Junior Music Club Rainbowridge Betty Jane Nancy May Hurst Northwestren School of the Netherlands Anne Butler Julie Henshall Evelyn Allen Cary Randolph Marchall Charlotte Brown June Cammer Doris Jean leLaign Peggy Galladay Elizabeth Baker Sara Lee Sencindiver Betty June Betty Lourton Colleen Grimm Jane Miller Betty Lou McFarland Peggy Merriner Secearer Lexington Sam. Hurst Kathleen McCartney Betty June Hurst

St. Joan's Guild To Meet Tonight

St. Joan's Guild holds its regular meeting tonight with guest speaker Mrs. J. Victor Arthur presenting Pillars of Peace. The item appears in a local society roundup with notes on moving and visiting residents.

St. Joan’s Guild J. Victor Arthur

Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Ritenour family

Mr and Mrs Lawrence Ritenour of Manassas Virginia announce the birth of a son on March 14 at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mrs Ritenour, formerly Sylvia Whitmer of Strasburg, is named.

Ritenour Lawrence Ritenour Manassas Winchester Memorial ‘Hospital Sylvia Whitmer Strasburg

Knitted Garments and Yarn Turn-In Set

Knitted garments and all left over yarn must be turned in at the Red Cross room in the Episcopal Church House next Tuesday March 28. Rooms will be open from ten until four.

Red Cross Episcopal Church House

Century Club to Meet for Landscape Painting Talk

Mrs Scully hosts the Century Club gathering Tuesday at four in her South Stewart street home with speaker Miss Katherine Anhill discussing The History of Landscape Painting. Also notes travel, birthdays, and Red Cross Motor Corps meeting details.

Scully Century Club John South Stewart Street Katherine Anhill Red Corps Motor Corps Athe Red Cross Motor Corps L. G. Siestrom

Localites Share Travel Notes and Weekend Visits

Mrs Myrtle Crisman of Gore departed for several weeks to visit relatives in Indiana and Illinois. Miss Dorothy Brown and Miss Virginia Brown of town spent the weekend in Strasburg with their grandmother Mrs B Z Brown on A street.

Myrtle Crisman Gore Indiana Illinois Dorothy Virginia Brown Strasbug B. Z. Brown

Mrs Myers Hosts Friday Bridge Club at Braddock Street

Mrs Walter Myers will host the Friday afternoon bridge club at the home of Mrs Nancy Coble on West Boscawen Street. Mrs Henklie Lamp visits White Hall with Mr and Mrs C W Lamp for several days. Golden Rule Bible Class meeting for Tuesday canceled due to one meeting.

Mrs. Myers Walter Myers Nancy Coble West Boscawen Street Braddock Street Methodist Church Mrs. Henklie Lamp White Hall Mrs. C. W. Lamp

Ws Cs Meeting At Market Street Church

The regular monthly meeting of Ws Cs will be held at Market Street M E Church on Tuesday night March 21 at 8 oclock. Mrs Helen Hardy Wright will speak on welfare work in our community.

Market Street M. E Helen Hardy Wright

Miss Fannie Affleck Celebrates 50 Years of Sunday School Attendance

Miss Fannie Affleck marks half a century of perfect Sunday School attendance at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church. She also has 30 years of uninterrupted afternoon services at Highland Avenue Presbyterian Chapel. Recognition will come during the church’s annual attendance awards in the fall, per Reverend Ronald S. Wilson.

Fannie Affleck Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church Ronald S. Wilson Loudoun Street Miss Affleck Highland Averutue Presbyterian Chapel

Strasburg Soldier Sacrifices in Mediterranean, War Dept Reports

Washington March 20 five Virginia soldiers were killed in action in the Mediterranean area the War Department announced. The fallen are Pvt General L Breeden of Gordonsville his mother Mrs Millie Breeden the next of kin Staff Sgt Aubrey L Carroll of Staunton his wife Mrs Anna B Carroll next of kin Pfc Walter M Clore son of Roberta Lee Clore of Alexandria Pfc Eddie L Edwards son of Mrs Bessie Ed Wares Hopewel and Pfc Leslie S Keener whose mother Mrs Maggie Keener lives in Strasburg.

Washington Virginia Mediterranean War Department General L. Breeden Millie Breeden Gordonsville Aubrey L. Carroll Anna B. Carroll Staunton Walter MM. Clore Roberta Lee Clore Alexandria Eddie L. Edwards Bessie Ed- Wares Hopewel Leslie S. Keener Maggie Keener Strasburg

Final Rites For Miss Anna Ridgeway Held Here Today

Miss Anna Jane Ridgeway aged 74 died Saturday night at 11:30 after weeks of illness at her home 129 West Cork Street She had long health issues Surviving are her brother Rev Frank P Ridgeway and sister Laura I Ridgeway both named The Reverend T J Hawkins Braddock Street Methodist Church officiated at 1 PM services at Kurtz Funeral Home and burial followed in Brucetown cemetery

Anna Jane Ridgeway West Cork Street Frank P. Ridgeway Laura I. Ridgeway Baltimore Kurtz Brucetown T. J. Hawkins Braddock Street Methodist Church

Sisters Promise to Smile as Brother Sails Overseas

A wartime note from Frances V. Teets shows sisters urging resilience as the family awaits their brother who has sailed far over the sea to fight for liberty. They vow to keep a brave, cheerful front to support parents and each other during his absence.

Bob Gome

News of Our Men and Women in Uniform

Promotions and awards highlight service members from Virginia towns. W F Bonnett Jr of Richmond receives first lieutenant at Godman Field Kentucky. Ralph L Stimmel earns the Air Medal for five bomber missions over Europe. Robert Brown Ritter returns to Seymour Johnson Field after leave with parents. Lewis Franklin Dodson begins medical and psychological tests at Kessler Field Biloxi. Edward C Dovell wins an expert pistol medal at Maxwell Field and preflight training. Joe E Snapp stationed at Camp Butler with the 3rd Infantry. Charles R Conner training at Great Lakes Navy Yard expresses navy interest. Edwin B Estes Jr located in New Zealand and back in action. Walter Robinson earns paratrooper wings and jumps in Sicily. Cornelius Driver, 18, at Spartanburg training detachment as aviation cadet candidate.

Lewis Franklin Dodson Lucy Dodson E. Clifford St Kessier Field Biloxi Miss Cornelius Driver Stephenson 49Th Wofford College Training Detachment Air Crew Spartanburg S. C Army Air Forces

James F. Oates 77 Died in Hospital Rites Held

James F. Oates 77 of near Capon Bridge West Virginia died Saturday night at City Hospital Martinsburg. Survived by two wives two sets of children and siblings. Rites held at Fairview Lutheran Church with burial in adjoining cemetery.

James F. Oates Capon Bridge W. Va Artinsburg Oates William and Mary Oates Hampshire County Athe McKee Versus Clarence Oates Winchester Connie Oates Front Royal Elson Frederick County Madeline Whitacre David Robert Franklin Eugene Mary Virginia Garland Jefferson Oates Edward Oates Yellow Springs Wiliam Lupton Griffin Funeral Home Fairview Lutheran Church Timber Ridge C. H. Anderson Cemery

Wild Life Films Shown At Middletown Friday

The Winchester and Frederick County Game and Fish Protective Association screens wildlife films at Middletown High School auditorium Friday at 8 pm to educate residents about local species habits their insect control value and use as food furs and sport Admission is free and the Youth Fellowship of the Methodist Church will serve refreshments during intermissions.

Middletown High School Winchester and Frederick County Game and Fish Protective Association Middletown The Methodist Church

Film Star Doing Red Cross Work in Italy

Naples March 20 Madeline Carroll the film star long associated with Hollywood vacations at Lake Como has returned to Italy in an American Red Cross uniform to work in army hospitals She hopes to be assigned as a staff aide to evacuation hospitals and says she is grateful the Red Cross treats her normally not as a celebrity

Naples Madeline Carroll Hollywood Lake Como Italy American Red Cross

Orndorff Infant Dies in Waynesboro

The infant son of Mr and Mrs Laurence M Orndorff formerly of Winchester died in Waynesboro. The brief notice records a family bereavement and lists the couple as the parents with the infant's death location.

Orndorff Waynesboro Laurence M. Orndorff Winchester

Orndorff Grandson Buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery

The deceased, grandson of Mr and Mrs C J Orndorff of Clear Brook, died in Boro Pa and was buried March 16 after a March 14 funeral. His widow Ida Helen Grubb of Bayard Warren County and Mr Orndorff, an electric welder, long worked at Snapp's Foundry then Frick Company plant in Pennsylvania. Frederick and Warren counties join in the bereavement.

Boro Pa Prospect Hill C. J. Orndorff Clearbrook Orndorff Ida Helen Grubb Bayard Warren County Snapp Pennsylvania Frick Company Frederick Warren Little Bud of Goga

Across and Down Word Puzzle Answers

Crossword style list of clues with many given and missing entries across and down. Includes definitions for coffee shop focus and various parts of speech as well as regions, plants, animals, and objects across a traditional puzzle grid.

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Ruckman Combs Pvt Walter Ruckman Ashford Ruckman Wilma Arvella Combs Kerwood Combs Romney E. .T. Clark D. D First Baptist Church June White Janey Wiley Evelyn Creswell D. K. Muntzing Cpl John Dodson Camp Shelby Cpl. Dodson Maneuvers California Arizona W. D. Smith Jacquelin Smith North Loudoun Street Byron Leach Youngstown Shirley Ohio Leach Leech Tokus Inn Allen Michardson Edna Fairbairne C. M. Henkle, Jr L. G. Li Grantham Welsh Wadesville Welsh Clearbrook Woolen Co Lord Baltimore and Cascade Brooks’ Pharmacy Ladies Aid of Ladies Aid of the Timber Ridge Congregational Church Jessie Crismarr Werrick Snider Julia Francelia Snider John Frank E. Weirick H. S. Chenault Methodist Strasbure Clarence W. Glascock White Post Effensbure, Wash As. J. M. Glascock Susan Kuykendall Sloan Kuykendall West Amherst Street Anne Beverley Wright Ann Beverley Wricht Patrician Stephenton Helen McLaughlin Massie Hawthorne Eleanor deGrange Elizabeth Lichliter Janet Wallwing Shirley Leach Dorothy Helen Scott B. M. Venable City B. Mi. Venable Ronald Wilson Wilson North Braddock Street Gold Cross Glamoor WS. C. S. Meeting Anna Ridgeway Frances V. Teets Gaunt’s Drug Store Veronica DeVore Wyckoff N. J Tippy Unternational W. F. Bonnett, Jr Queensbury. Rd Richmond Godman Field Oficer Lt. Bonnett Handley High School VPI Ralph L. Stimmel Leora May Stimmel Parkway England James P. Hodges Europe Robert Brown Ritter Seymour Johnson Field N. C Carl. R. Ritter N. Washinston Street Edward C. Dovell Emma Dovell Stephens City Maxwell Field Ala Militar Joe E. Snapp Berryville Camp Bultner 3Rd Infantry Regiment Fairchild Hagerstown Charles R. Conner James Conner Martinsburg Great Lakes Ilinois Leo and Clowser Hayfield Navy Nts Great Lakes Naval Training Station WOJG Edwin B. Estes, JR E. B. Estes New Zealand George Ressagie Walter Robinson Fred A. Robinson N. Loudoun Army Sicily Joe Snapp Quink Soly Specia Parker's Caeceeies Skee Wild Life Films Tuttle Swagger Lovett Brothers the Commercial & Savings Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Owers Miller Bros Timberlake Moling & Cather Daily Crossword ISIS
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